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Five miles southwest is Abb’s Valley, discovered by Absalom Looney. James Moore and Robert Poage were the first settlers, about 1770. In July, 1786, Shawnee Indians raided the valley, killing or carrying into captivity the Moore family. Mary (Polly) . . . — — Map (db m1859) HM
This region was visited by the explorer, Dr. Thomas Walker, in 1750. Following a report by Captain I. A. Welch in 1873, the first coal mine was opened here in 1882. Shipment of coal followed in 1883, when the Norfolk and Western Railroad reached . . . — — Map (db m1846) HM
Pocahontas Cemetery was created after the 13
Mar. 1884 explosion in the Pocahontas East Mine
that claimed the lives of at least 14 miners.
Not until a month later were bodies recovered
from the mine and buried together in what
became the . . . — — Map (db m90592) HM
The Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
opened Pocahontas Mine No. 1, the first to
exploit the rich seams of the Pocahontas Coalfield,
in 1882. An extension of the Norfolk and Western
Railway soon followed, bringing industrial development to . . . — — Map (db m104975) HM
The Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
first developed a town at Pocahontas in 1881-82
to house its workers and support its mining
efforts. The commercial district lay along Centre
and St. Clair Streets. The 1884 Company Store,
the first . . . — — Map (db m104979) HM
